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Here is another item I believe is a mammoth tooth. Origin is unknown, I found it being used as a doorstop in my friends house. He collected all over LA, AR, TX and OK but I'm not even sure that he actually found this. It may have been given to him. I have a mammoth jawbone with teeth and this looks remarkably similar, except this specimen is smaller. I'm not sure if it is something else, or the teeth I have are larger due to placement in mouth. Thoughts anyone?
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Hi all! I was recently visiting with another naturalist, helping them to identify some of the donated rocks and fossils in their collection. There were a few that stumped us both, and unfortunately they couldn't tell me where any of the specimens were originally found, or the period anything was from with any certainty. I'll make separate posts for the different pieces. But here's part one to start with. A partial jaw with large molars, certainly from a large herbivore. The other naturalist suggested perhaps from a moose, and I also found similarities in the shape to other cervids, so I think this is the right track, but I'm far from an expert, especially on teeth. the jaw measures 8" long, and 3-4" wide. I didn't think to measure individual teeth, but each is over an inch wide.
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I can't remember where I found these. But they remind me of a sea creature of some kind, like a barnacle or snail that crawls on rocks. However, a cursory google search brought no joy. Any ideas? Most of my finds are Idaho, Colorado and Wyoming.
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- bullet shape
- sea shell
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So.... It's a rock from an abandoned house rock garden. I'm guessing a vacation find because we don't have these around here. It looks like a claw because the base is flat or straight across. About 3 1/2 cm. I can't offer much info on origin.
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I found what I have always assumed to be a fossilized broken leg bone among the landscaping stones in the parking lot of a barbecue restaurant in Nashville Tennessee in about 1985. Thus I have zero idea of its origins. The stone is very dense and hard, not at all like the more porous ones I’m accustomed to finding here in Florida. I had a local fossil enthusiast here in FL once tell me it was mammoth, but given the size that doesn’t quite fit to me. Can anyone tell me anything about the species, anatomy or whether it’s even really a fossil as I have been assuming all of these years? Thanks for any guidance and feedback!
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Hello, I inherited a 3 inch fossil from my father and would love to know what it is. I don't know where this fossil came from but it looks like some kind of barnacle or something similar. It is brown rock on the bottom and crystallized on top. I have attached several pictures and would be really grateful for any information. Thank you!
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- barnacle?
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